The Indians thought that if they got Josh Beckett’s ex-girlfriend to sing the National Anthem, it would affect his pitching. Beckett pitched 8 innings, landed 11 strikeouts, and only allowed seven guys on base. Back to the drawing board, Wile E. Coyote.
Hallmark Cards For The Felon In Your Life
Now I’ve seen it all. Okay. They’re not Hallmark cards, but… Three Squares Greetings is a new and unique line of greeting cards that expresses the sentiments of inmates as well as those on the outside who care about them. The creater founded the greeting card company as a result of not being able to find a suitable birthday card … Read More
Let’s Talk Baseball
FUN FACT: Watching your team lose twice to the Indians [Monday (4-2) and Tueday (7-3)] on TIVO fast-forward is no less painful than watching it unfold in real time. I have no empirical proof of this, yet I believe it to be true. Also…. MEMO TO RED SOX: Your rare back-to-back-to-back home runs would have been soooo much cooler had … Read More
Fun Begins Tonight For Curseless Sox
The Red Sox nation is confident, maybe even cocky. And why not? This ain’t 2004… In 2004, she always felt that "something will happen." Now, she says, the Nation is eager to see if the team can take care of business. "That year they didn’t win their division. Now they have. Now they won’t be the underdog. They have to … Read More
PostSecret Has A New Book
Buy it here. And here’s the website in case you have no idea what it is and why it won 2007 Bloggie for Blog of the Year.
Right Brain v Left Brain
Which way is this dancer spinning – clockwise or counter-clockwise? NOTE: If the picture is choppy or grainy, click on it and look at it in a separate window… If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa. Most of us would see the dancer turning counter-clockwise though you can try to focus … Read More
Wear Me!
Yea, that’s right. I’m merchandizing. No, I don’t profit from this…. I’m just screwing around (but, yes, you can buy this stuff).
The U.S. Government Blog
That’s right. The United States Government has a blog, because that’s what all the kids are into these days, and the U.S. Government is nothing if not "hip". It’s been up for a month now. It’s called "Gov Gab: Your U.S. Government Blog". I’m not lying. Look at the url. It’s a dot-gov. Not a dot-com. Not a dot-net. A … Read More
LOLCat Bible
If you aren’t familiar with LOLCats or Icanhascheezburger by now: (1) Where have you been?; and (2) Don’t bother to read further. it seems that some intrepid timewaster is translating the Bible into LOLcat-eze. Here’s a sample from Genesis 1: 1. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat was invisible, and he maded the skiez and da earths, but he did not … Read More
Odd Headline
CNN: Woman’s fall casts cloud over balloon festival Yeah. Bummer for the festival. What’s next? "Deadly 747 Crash Takes Toll On Farmer’s Crops; Says He’s ‘Bummed Out’"?
Transplanted Northerners
I could have used this info ten years ago when I moved from the North to the South: In the South: If you run your car into a ditch, don’t panic. Four men in a four-wheel drive pickup truck with a tow chain will be along shortly. Don’t try to help them, just stay out of their way. This is … Read More
Thrill The World
Mark your calendars! "Thrill the World" is a project by Ines Markeljevic to break the Guiness World Record for the Largest Simultaneous Dance of Michael Jackson’s Thriller! It’s scheduled for October 27/28, 2007 – and you, too, can register to join in on the fun. For what it’s worth, I still like the "Lego" version:
Pravda Gives Me Credit
Yeah, it’s true. Nobody is more surprised than me. But there it is. Follow the link, and look at the credits under the picture of Hillary. Listen, comrades Russian journalist guys. I didn’t take that picture of Hillary Clinton. I stole it from the web, just like you did. And for the record: "I am not now and never have … Read More